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Quick catchup: Do is currently serving a five-year sentence in federal prison for accepting kickbacks in exchange for directing lucrative county contracts to a nonprofit associated with his adult daughter, Rhiannon Do. LAist first exposed the corruption , which Do publicly denied up until his indictment.

Backstory on the audit: Last December, after Do pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge, the Board of Supervisors voted to hire an external firm to carry out a forensic audit of county contacts approved during Do’s tenure. Ultimately, officials identified more than 1,000 contracts to be included in the audit, and they sent out a request for proposals in June.

What’s in the proposal: The supervisors are set to decide between three firms, at a cost of about $500,000 up t

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